EP0850376A1

EP0850376A1 - Electromagnetically operated distribution valve for a pneumatic system

Info

Publication number: EP0850376A1
Application number: EP96922768A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Gerald Huhnen
Original assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
Current assignee: Knorr Bremse Systeme fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH
Priority date: 1995-09-15
Filing date: 1996-07-12
Publication date: 1998-07-01
Anticipated expiration: 2016-07-12
Also published as: JPH11512168A; KR19990044623A; DE19534285A1; DE59603800D1; US6269834B1; EP0850376B1; WO1997010459A1

Abstract

Described is an electromagnetically operated compressed-air distribution valve (10) with a connection (11) for the compressed-air supply, an air vent (12) and at least one connection for a compressed-air consumer. In order to be able to design a modular system which enables several valves to be installed easily and efficiently as an integrated valve assembly, the channel leading to the consumer connection (13), the channels leading to the compressed-air supply connection (11) and to the air vent (12), the air vent (12) and a valve element, with its actuator magnet, which controls the flow through the channels are all integrated in the valve housing (24), while the connections (11, 13) for the compressed-air supply and the consumer are located in a connector plate (25) which can be separated from the main housing (24). The connection (11) for the compressed-air supply consists of a connection piece (34) on one side (251) of the connector plate (25) and, connecting with it, a bore (35) on the opposite side (252) of the plate (25) so that, when two valves are mounted next to each other, the connection piece (34) on one connector plate can be plugged into the bore (35) in the other plate and held firmly in place by connection means (47, 48) on the two sides (251, 252) of the plates.

Description

Electromagnetically actuated pneumatic directional valve

State of the art

The invention is based on an electromagnetically actuated pneumatic directional valve of the type defined in the preamble of claim 1.

Such directional valves are used in commercial vehicles for the actuation of pneumatic auxiliary consumers, such as

Differential lock, actuation of the engine brake, transmission control, trunk flap actuation on buses etc., used from the cab. The directional control valves are usually combined to form a so-called valve block, which is connected to a compressed air supply line. The number of valves in a valve block is determined by the number of pneumatic auxiliary consumers to be switched.

The directional control valves are used both as electromagnetic actuated valves and as electromagnetic pilot operated valves. In the latter case, a pneumatically operated main valve is switched by an electromagnetically operated pilot valve. It is common to use both types of valves in the same vehicle.

In a known directional control valve of the type mentioned at the beginning (US Pat. No. 4,524,797), the inlet duct leading to the compressed air network connection and the vent duct leading to the vent are aligned in a valve housing and the working duct leading to the work connection are arranged at right angles thereto. The solenoid of the electromagnet sits coaxially on a cylindrical housing part of the valve housing containing the inlet channel. The cylindrical anchor of the

The electromagnet is guided axially displaceably in the housing and forms the valve member, which alternately sits on one of the two valve seats which are formed at the channel mouths of the inlet channel and the ventilation channel. Depending on the position of the valve member, the working channel is connected to the ventilation or the inflow channel. To attach the directional control valve to a carrier plate in the motor vehicle, pins protrude from the valve housing, which extend at right angles to the inflow channel. When several valves are combined to form a valve block, the valves are fastened next to one another on the carrier plate in a parallel alignment of the inlet channels and the compressed air network connections of the individual valves are connected to one another by means of individual plug-in adapters. The plug adapters are inserted into each other and each on the

Compressed air network connection plugged into the valve housing. The first plug adapter carries a connecting piece for the compressed air supply line, the last plug adapter is closed at the end by means of a plug. Advantages of the invention

The directional control valve according to the invention with the characterizing features of claim 1 has the advantage that not only a modular system for assembling the two required valve types from the separation in the valve housing and connecting plate with the corresponding arrangement of connecting pieces and connecting channels and the formation of connecting means on the connecting plate largely the same

Elements is created, but also the connection of the valves to form a valve block is much easier and more efficient. The connection plates of several valves connected to the valve housing are simply put together, the connecting piece of the compressed air network connection of one valve being inserted into the connection bore of the compressed air connection of the adjacent valve, and then connected to one another in a form-fitting manner via the connecting elements. The assembly process takes place without tools in the shortest possible time. Separate connecting means, such as the plug adapter in the known directional control valve, are superfluous. Tolerance problems do not occur because of the radially sealing O-rings used between the connection piece and the connection bore. The O-rings are pre-assembled and are protected in the

Connection holes of the compressed air network connection. The valve block is dismantled by means of a flat object, with the aid of which the connecting means, which are preferably designed as detents, are released. Due to the extremely short assembly and disassembly time, a significant cost reduction is achieved both in production and in service work.

The modular system that can be built up with the directional control valve according to the invention comprises a uniform one

Valve body and two different versions of Connection plates and a closure element for closing the connection bores of the compressed air network connection. The two connection plate variants are configured identically on the outside, that is to say they carry the same connecting pieces and connection bores of the compressed air network connection and the same connecting means. Only the inside of the connection plate has been modified to the extent that a pure channel arrangement is integrated in the connection plate for directly switched valves and, in addition to the channel formation, a pneumatically operated seat valve is also integrated in the connection plate for pilot operated valves. Due to the same design of the connection plates, different valve types can be easily assembled into a valve block as required.

The measures listed in the further claims allow advantageous developments and improvements of the electromagnetically actuated directional valve specified in claim 1.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, on the underside of the valve housing, a stepped plug-in socket with two coaxial socket sections of different diameters and on the top of the connection plate, an insert step hole with two coaxial hole sections of different diameters. The plug-in connector can be inserted into the plug-in bore in a sealing manner with the interposition of a radially sealing O-ring between each connector and bore section. The inlet channel opens into the circular end face of the smaller diameter nozzle section and the working channel opens into the annular front side of the larger diameter nozzle section. The smaller-diameter bore section of the insertion bore is connected to a connecting channel which connects the connecting piece and the Connects the connection hole of the compressed air network connection in the connection plate. The connecting plate is designed for a directional control valve actuated directly by the electromagnet so that the larger-diameter bore section of the insertion bore with the

Working connection is in communication, and for a pneumatically operated valve pilot-operated by the electromagnet, so that the larger-diameter bore section of the insertion bore opens into a connecting channel, which can be connected via a control channel to a working chamber of a poppet valve delimited by a feed piston. The feed piston actuates a valve plate via a valve tappet which closes or opens a valve opening. The valve opening connects the working connection on the connection plate with the connecting channel between the connection piece and the connection bore of the compressed air network connection in the connection plate.

According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the housing and the connection plate can be locked together, for which purpose locking holes and locking lugs which can be clipped therein are provided. Preferably, the locking lugs protrude radially on the circumference of the valve housing and the locking holes are arranged on the connection plate. This latching makes the assembly of the individual valve very simple, and as a result of the radially sealing O-rings between the plug-in socket of the valve housing and the plug-in bore in the connecting plate, there are no tolerance problems. The O-rings are pre-assembled in a protected manner and do not require any special handling when assembling the valve.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, one for closing the connection bore of the compressed air network connection is in the connection plate

Closure element provided on one element side Carries connecting elements which correspond to the connection means arranged on the plate side of the connection plate carrying the connection bore for establishing a connection. The closure element carries an axially projecting pin which projects into the connection bore and seals it airtight by means of a sealing ring. When using the valve according to the invention as a single valve, such a closure element is required for each valve, which seals the connection bore of the compressed air network connection. When several individual valves are put together to form a valve block, the closure element is only attached to the connecting plate of the last valve. The closure element is simple to produce as a simple injection molded part and in turn can be assembled without tools. Assembly and disassembly are carried out in the same way as for the sub-bases.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, fastening means for the spatial fixing of the connection plate are provided on a plate side of the connection plate which extends at right angles to the two plate sides carrying the connection piece or the connection bore. These fasteners preferably include one on the

Terminal plate integrally molded with two mounting eyes attached to it. By means of screws inserted through the fastening eyes, each valve can be attached individually to the vehicle frame or to a carrier plate held on the vehicle frame. Only short screws are required for fastening, which saves assembly time, material costs and weight.

For electrical contacting of the electromagnet, according to a further embodiment of the invention electrical connections of the solenoid of the electromagnet to a two-pole plug which is accessible from the outside of the valve housing and has two plug pins, each connected to a winding end of the solenoid. The plug is overlapped by a plug hood which carries two plug sleeves which can be plugged onto the plug pins. For use with valve blocks, several connector hoods are connected to an electrical busbar, which is realized by means of an overmolded lead frame. The busbar has several conductor tracks, the number of which is greater than the number of connector covers by one. In each case one of the two plug sleeves of a plug hood is connected to a conductor track common to all plug hoods and the other plug sleeve is connected to a separate conductor track. All conductor tracks are led at the end to a separate electrical contact of an electrical connector. For a busbar for supplying power to three valves in a valve block, a connector according to DIN 72 585 is preferably used, which has four electrical contacts which are connected to the four conductor tracks of the busbar in the manner described. The connector hoods on the busbar and the connectors on the valve housings of the valves assembled to form the valve block are radially sealed.

drawing

The invention is explained in more detail in the following description with reference to exemplary embodiments shown in the drawing. Show it:

1 is a front view of an electromagnetically controlled pneumatic directional valve, 2 is a plan view of the valve in FIG. 1,

3 shows a side view of the valve in FIG. 1, FIG. 4 shows a section of the valve along the line IV-IV in FIG. 3,

5 shows the same representation of the valve as in FIG. 3, but enlarged and partially cut,

6 is a front view of the valve housing of the valve in FIG. 1,

7 shows a section of the valve housing according to line VII-VII in FIG. 6,

8 is a front view of an electromagnetically pilot operated pneumatic directional valve,

9 is a plan view of the valve in FIG. 8,

10 is a side view of the valve in Fig. 8,

11 shows the same representation as in FIG. 10, but enlarged and partially cut,

12 shows a front view of a valve block composed of three valves,

Fig. 13 is a circuit diagram of the valve block in

Fig. 12

14 shows a side view of two valves placed against one another before establishing a fixed connection in the valve block, 15 shows a detail of an enlarged representation of connecting means between two valves assembled to form a valve block,

16 shows a side view of a busbar for electrical contacting of the valve block in FIG. 12, partly in section,

17 shows a schematic representation of a plan view of a lead frame of the busbar in FIG. 16,

18 is a front view of a closure element,

19 shows a view of the closure element according to arrow XIX in FIG. 18.

Description of the embodiments

The in Fig. 1-5 shown in different views and sectional views electromagnetically operated pneumatic directional valve 10 is designed as a 3/2-way solenoid valve, which has a compressed air network connection 11, a vent 12 and a working connection 13 for a compressed air consumer in a known manner. The switching symbol for this 3/2-way solenoid valve is in

Fig. 13 shown on the right. As is shown there, the working connection 13 is connected to the vent 12 in the unexcited basic position of the valve and shut off from the compressed air supply connection 11 and connected to the compressed air supply connection 11 in the excited working position of the valve and shut off by the vent 12. As can be seen from the sectional representations in FIGS. 4 and 5, an inlet channel 15 leading to the compressed air network connection 11, a ventilation channel 16 leading to the ventilation 12 and a working channel 17 leading to the working connection 13 open into a valve chamber 14. Inlet duct 15 and vent duct 16 are aligned with one another and each have a valve seat 18 or 19 at their mouth in valve chamber 14, on which a valve member 20 is placed alternately. The valve member 20 is fastened to an armature 20 ′ of an electromagnet 21 designed as a disc-shaped sheet metal stamped part, the magnet coil 22 of which is arranged coaxially with the ventilation channel 16. The valve member 20 is pressed by a valve spring 23 when the solenoid 22 is not energized onto the valve seat 18 on the inlet channel 15, so that it is shut off and the

Working connection 13 is connected to the vent 12. When the solenoid 22 is energized, the valve member 20 lifts off the valve seat 18 and presses onto the valve seat 19 on the ventilation duct 16. The ventilation duct 16 is thus shut off and the working connection 13 is connected to the compressed air network connection 11.

To implement a modular system for the construction of the directional control valve, the electromagnet 21 with the solenoid 22, the valve chamber 14 with the valve member 20, is the

Working channel 17, the inlet and ventilation channel 15, 16 with the valve seats 18, 19 and the ventilation 12 are combined in a valve housing 24, while the connections 11, 13 for the compressed air network and the compressed air consumer are placed in a connection plate 25 which can be separated from the valve housing 24 , which is releasably connected to the valve housing 24. In this way, a standardized valve housing 24 is obtained, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, which can be connected to differently designed connection plates 25. Depending on the design of the connecting plate 25, an electromagnetically actuated directional valve 10 according to FIGS. 1-5 or an electromagnetically pilot-controlled directional valve 10 'according to FIGS. 8-11 can be produced. The valve housing 24 is made in two parts and consists of a stepped

Push-in socket 26 trained lower housing part and one Upper part of the housing, which is designed as a cap 27 which partially overlaps the plug-in socket 26. The cap 27 has a peg-shaped central part 271, in which the ventilation channel 16 extends coaxially and on which the magnet coil 22 is placed. The coil ends of the

Magnetic coil 22 are passed through the cap 27 and electrically connected to the two connector pins 28, 29 of a two-pin connector 30. The plug 30 is held on the side of the cap 27. The plug-in socket 26 has two socket sections 261 and 262 with different diameters. In the plug-in connector 26, the inlet channel 15 is designed as a coaxial bore and the working channel 17 as an annular chamber coaxial therewith, which is connected to the valve chamber 14 via an inlet opening 31 in the armature 20 'and opens out with an outlet opening 32 in the annular end face of the larger-diameter nozzle section 261. The mouth 33 of the inlet channel 15 is located in the circular end face of the smaller-diameter nozzle section 262.

In the connection plate 25 detachably connected to the valve housing 24, the compressed air network connection 11 can be seen in the sectional view according to FIG. 4 and the working connection 13 in the sectional view according to FIG. 5. The compressed air network connection 11 comprises a connection piece 34 accessible on one plate side 251 of the connection plate 25 and a connection hole 35 made on the opposite plate side 252 of the connection plate 25, which is connected to the connection piece 34 via a coaxial connecting channel 36 (FIG. 4). The connecting piece 34 is realized by a screw sleeve with an internal thread, which is molded pressure-tight into the connecting plate 25 made of plastic and can be adapted to different thread sizes, shapes and sealing systems. Connection piece 34 and connection bore 35 are coordinated so that the connection piece 34 can be inserted airtight into the connection bore 35 with the interposition of a radially sealing O-ring 37. To illustrate this, the connection plate 25 'of an adjacent directional control valve with connection bore 35 is shown in detail in FIG. 4. The sectional view shows how the connecting piece 34 of the connecting plate 25 is inserted into the connecting hole 35 of the adjacent connecting plate 25 'and the plug connection is sealed by the O-ring 37.

In the top 253 of the insert plate 25, an insertion step bore 38 with two coaxial bore sections 381 and 382 with different bore diameters is made. The bore sections 381 and 382 are adapted to the socket sections 261 and 262 of the plug-in socket 26 on the valve housing 24 for receiving them, so that when the plug-in socket 26 is inserted into the plug-in step bore 38, the socket sections 261 and 262 are each provided with a radially sealing O-ring 39 or 40 lie sealingly in the associated bore section 381 or 382. The smaller-diameter bore section 382 is connected via a coaxial opening 41 to the connecting channel 36 between the connecting piece 34 and the connecting bore 35 and is thus connected to the compressed air network connection 11, so that the inlet channel 15 - as already mentioned - lies on the compressed air network connection 11. The larger diameter bore section 381 is - as can be seen from FIG. 5 - via a connecting channel 42 with the

Working connection 13 in connection, so that the working channel 17 - as already mentioned - leads to the working connection 13. The working connection 13 is in turn realized by a screw sleeve with an internal thread, which is molded into the connection plate 25. In the internal thread of the screw sleeve screwed a pressure line leading to a compressed air consumer.

To connect the valve housing 24 and the connecting plate 25, the valve housing 24 carries on its circumference radially projecting locking lugs 43 (cf. FIGS. 1 and 3 - 7) which snap into corresponding locking holes 44 in the connecting plate 25. The O-rings 39, 40 inserted between the plug-in socket 26 of the valve housing 24 and the plug-in step bore 38 result in no tolerance problems when the valve housing 24 and the connecting plate 25 are assembled. The assembly of both parts is accomplished in a very short time. The disassembly is carried out by lifting the locking lugs 43 out of the locking holes 44 using a suitable tool.

For the vehicle-side attachment of the directional valve 10, a mounting plate 45 is integrally formed on the connecting plate 25, which is perpendicular to the top and bottom of the connecting plate 25 and the two

Extends plate sides 251, 252 of the connecting plate 25, which contain the connecting piece 34 or the connecting bore 35. In the fastening plate 45, two diagonally arranged fastening eyes 46, 47 are formed from injected metal bushings through which

Fastening screws can be passed, which are screwed to the vehicle frame or to a suitable carrier plate on the vehicle frame.

As can be seen from Fig. 1-3, are on the

Plate sides 251 and 252, which carry the connecting piece 34 or the connecting hole 35 of the compressed air network connection 11, are arranged with connecting means which are designed such that they are used to establish a mechanical connection between two connecting plates 25, 25 'inserted into one another with connecting piece 34 and connecting hole 35 (FIG 4) correspond with each other. In particular, these connecting means comprise on each plate side 251 and 252 two protruding claws 47, 48 and two integrated pockets 49, 50 which are arranged diagonally to one another on each plate side 251 and 252. 3 shows the two diagonally arranged claws 47, 48 and the two diagonally arranged pockets 49, 50 on the plate side 252. The same claws 47, 48 and pockets 49, 50 are arranged on the plate side 251, so that when the plate side 251 is placed next to one another

Connection plate 25 to the plate side 252 of the other connection plate 25 ', the corresponding claws 47,48 on the plate side 251 of the connection plate 25 into the pockets 49,50 on the plate side 252 of the other connection plate 25' and vice versa the claws 47,48 on the plate side 252 engage the other connection plate 25 'in the pockets 49, 50 in the plate side 251 of the connection plate 25' and thus lock the two connection plates 25, 25 'together. As illustrated in FIG. 14, the claws 47, 48 and the pockets 49, 50 are designed such that for the mutual insertion of the claws 47, 48 on one connecting plate 25 into the pockets 49, 50 on the other connecting plate 25 'and conversely, the two connecting plates 25, 25 'must be placed against one another rotated by an angle α, the connecting piece 34 being the one

Subplate 25 immersed in the connection bore 35 of the other subplate 25 '(FIG. 4). Then the two connection plates 25, 25 'are rotated back so far about the aligned longitudinal axes of the connection piece 34 and the connection bore 35 until the angle α has become zero. As a result of this rotation, the claws 47, 48 slide into the associated pockets 49, 50 and lock the two connecting plates 25, 25 'against one another in the axial direction. In order to prevent unintentional detachment of the two connection plates 25, 25 'from one another by rotating the connection plates 25, 25' by the angle α to one another, the connecting means also have latching lugs 51 and latching windows 52. Two locking lugs 51 are arranged on the plate side 252 on opposite sides of the connection bore 35 of the compressed air network connection 11, wherein they are designed to be rotated relative to one another by 180 °. The two locking windows 52 are on the plate side 251 on both sides of the connecting piece 34 of the

Compressed air network connection 11 arranged so that they correspond to the locking lugs 51. When the two connecting plates 25 and 25 ', which are placed next to one another in accordance with FIG. 14, are turned in the direction of reducing the angle of rotation .alpha., At the end of the rotation (.alpha. = 0), the detents 51 on the

Plate side 252 of the connecting plate 25 into the latching window 52 on the plate side 251, the connecting plate 25 ', as illustrated in FIG. 15. So that the two connection plates 25 and 25 'are secured against turning back and the connection between the two connection plates 25, 25' cannot be unintentionally released. A lifting of the latching connection and thus a twisting of the two connection plates 25, 25 'against one another is only possible after the latching lugs 51 have been pressed out of the latching windows 52, which can be brought about by means of a flat object.

The modular system of the directional control valve described also includes a closure element 53, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19. This closure element 53 serves to close the connection bore 35 of the

Compressed air network connection 11 and for this purpose carries a pin 54 corresponding to the connection bore 35, which plunges into the connection bore 35 in an airtight manner with the interposition of a radially sealing O-ring. On the side 531 of the closure element 53 carrying the pin 54 are the same connecting means arranged as on the plate side 251 of the connection plate 25, on which the connecting piece 34 protrudes. These connecting means in turn comprise the two diagonally arranged claws 47, 48 and the two diagonally arranged pockets 49, 50 and two latching windows 52. As illustrated in FIG. 14 for the connection of two connecting plates 25, 25 ', the closure element 53 must also be positioned under the same angle of rotation α to be applied to the plate side 252 of the connecting plate 25. By subsequently turning back the connecting element 53 in the direction of reducing the angle of rotation α to α = 0, the claws 47, 48 of the closure element 53 pivot into the pockets 49, 50 on the connecting plate 25 and vice versa, the claws 47, 48 in the pockets 49, 50 on the closure element 53 a. At the end of the rotary movement, the latching lugs 51 formed on the plate side 252 of the connecting plate 25 snap into the two latching windows 52 in the closure element 53. If now the pressure supply line coming from the compressed air network is connected to the connecting piece 34 and the pressure line leading to the compressed air consumer is connected to the working connection 13 and the electromagnet 21 is electrically contacted via the two-pole plug 30, then the 3/2-way solenoid valve 10, as shown in FIG. 1-5 is shown, fully functional.

A pneumatic 3/2-way solenoid valve 10 'with electromagnetic pilot control is shown in FIGS. 8-11. The circuit symbol of this pilot-operated valve 10 'is shown in FIG. 13. In order to implement this pilot-operated valve with the modular system, a further connection plate 25 'is provided which is largely identical externally to the connection plate 25 and is only modified inside to accommodate a pneumatically controlled main valve. By optionally connecting the housing 24 to the connection plate 25, a Electromagnetically operated 3/2-way valve 10 and by connecting the housing 24 to the connection plate 25 ', an electromagnetically pilot-operated pneumatically operated 3/2-way valve 10' is realized. Like the connecting plate 25 in FIGS. 1-5, the connecting plate 25 in an unchanged manner has the compressed air network connection 11 with connecting piece 34 and connecting bore 35, which are connected to one another by the connecting channel 36, the working connection 13 and the claws 47, 48, pockets 49 , 50 and locking lugs 51 and locking window 52 existing connecting means. The insertion step bore 38 is also designed identically, with its two bore portions 381 and 382 receiving the two nozzle portions 261 and 262 of the insertion nozzle 26 on the valve housing 24 in an airtight manner connected. In a modification to the connecting plate 25, the larger-diameter bore section 381 is not directly connected to the working connection 13 but to a connecting channel 79 which is connected via a control channel 55 to a working chamber 56 of a pneumatically operated seat valve 57. The seat valve 57 has a valve opening 58 which establishes a connection between the connecting channel 36 and the working connection 13. The valve opening 58 is surrounded by a valve seat 59, on which a valve plate 61 fastened to a valve tappet 60 is seated. At the end facing away from the valve plate 61, the valve tappet 60 has a

Shift piston 62 connected, which limits the working chamber 56 on one side. If an air pressure is built up in the working chamber 56, the displacement piston 62 moves against the restoring force of a valve closing spring 63, the valve plate 61 lifts off

Valve seat 59, and the connecting channel 36 is connected to the Working connection 13 connected so that it is on the compressed air network. When the seat valve 57 is closed, the working connection 13 is connected via a ventilation duct 64 to a separate ventilation 65. The venting channel 64 is at the same time the guide channel for the valve tappet 60. On its free end opposite the valve plate 61, the venting channel 64 is provided with a valve seat 66, on which the valve plate 61 sits when the seat valve 57 is opened and the vent 65 from the working connection 13 cordoned off. The

Vent 12 in the valve housing 24 serves to vent the working chamber 56 of the seat valve 57. The seat valve 57 with the working chamber 56, sliding piston 62, valve closing spring 63, valve tappet 60 and valve plate 61 and control channel 55, ventilation channel 64 with valve seat 66 are integrated in a valve body 80 which attached to the underside of the connecting plate 25 'and connected to it by a locking connection 81 consisting of locking lugs and locking holes. That surrounding the valve opening 58 between the connecting channel 36 and the working connection 13

Valve seat 59 of the seat valve 57 is formed in the connection plate 25 '.

FIG. 12 shows an example of how three of the valves described can be assembled to form a valve block 67. Two of these valves are pilot operated 3/2-way solenoid valves 10 'and one valve is a directly controlled 3/2-way solenoid valve 10. The two valves 10' correspond to the valve structure in FIGS. 8-11 and the valve 10 corresponds to the valve structure in FIGS. Fig. 1 - 5. The circuit diagram of the valve block 67 is shown in Fig. 13. The individual connection plates 25, 25 'and 25' of the three valves 10, 10 'and 10' are put together in the manner described above and illustrated in FIG. 14. The connection bore 35 of the

Compressed air network connection 11 in the connection plate 25 'of the last valve 10 '(left in Fig. 12) is closed by the closure element 53 shown in FIGS. 18 and 19. The pressure supply line of the compressed air network is screwed into the connecting piece 34 of the compressed air network connection 11 in the connection plate 25 of the first valve 10. The direction of flow of the compressed air is identified by arrow 68 in FIG. 12. The valve block 67 can be attached to the individual connection plates 25, 25 'and 25' on the vehicle via the six attachment eyes 46. For contacting the three connectors 30 of the valve block 67 is a busbar 69 with three connector hoods 76 and a connector 70, which is shown in FIG. 16 in a side view, partly in section. The connector 70 according to DIN 72 585 has four electrical contacts, each with a conductor 71 - 74 (Fig. 17)

Busbar 69 are connected. The conductor tracks 71-74 are realized by means of a lead frame 75 which is encapsulated with plastic. In each connector hood 76 two receptacles 77, 78 are arranged so that these are when the connector hood 76 is placed on a connector 30

Slide the housing 24 onto the two connector pins 28, 29 of the connector 30. All connector sleeves 77 are connected in one piece to the conductor track 71, while the connector sleeves 78 of the first, second and third connector hood 76 are connected in one piece to the conductor track 72, the conductor track 73 and the conductor track 74 (FIG. 17). By plugging the busbar 69 with its connector hoods 76 onto the connectors 30 on the valve block 67, all the electromagnets of the three valves are electrically connected correctly.

Claims

Expectations

1. Electromagnetically actuated pneumatic

Directional control valve (10; 10 ') with a compressed air network connection (11), with a vent (12) and with at least one working connection (13) for a compressed air consumer, as well as with a valve member (20) actuated by an electromagnet (21), which can be used alternately Shutting off a work channel (17) leading to the work connection (13) from the

Compressed air network connection (11) and the vent (12) alternately sits on one of two valve seats (18, 19), one of which at the mouth of a duct leading to the compressed air network connection (11) and the other at the

Channel opening of a ventilation channel (16) leading to ventilation (12) is formed, characterized in that the electromagnet (21), the valve member (20), the working channel (17), the inlet and ventilation channel (15, 16) with their valve seats

(18,19) and the vent (12) in a valve housing (24) are summarized and the connections (11, 13) for the compressed air network and the compressed air consumer are placed in a connection plate (25 ^* 25 ') which can be separated from the valve housing (24) and which is detachably connected to the valve housing (24) such that the compressed air network connection

(11) a connecting piece accessible on one side of the plate (251) of the connecting plate (25; 25 ')

(34) and a connection hole connected to it, on the plate side (252) facing away from it, of the connection plate (25; 25 ')

(35), which are adapted to each other so that the connecting piece (34) with the interposition of a radially sealing O-ring (37) airtight in the connection bore (35) of a second directional valve (lOjlO *), and that on each of the the

Connection piece (34) or the connection bore (35) carrying plate sides (251, 252) of the connection plate (25; 25 ') are arranged connecting means which are designed such that they are used to establish a connection between two with connection piece (34) and

The connection bore (35) of the connection plates (25, 25 ') of the two directional control valves (10, 10') inserted into each other correspond to each other.

Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that on the underside (241) of the valve housing (24) a stepped plug-in socket (26) with two coaxial socket sections (261, 262) of different diameters and on the top side (253) of the connecting plate (25; 25 ') an insertion step hole

(38) with two coaxial bore sections (381, 382) of different diameters is designed so that the plug-in connector (26) with the interposition of a radially sealing O-ring (39, 40) between each connector section (261, 262) and assigned

Bore section (381.382) in the insertion hole (38) can be inserted in a sealing manner that the inlet channel (15) opens into the circular end face of the smaller-diameter nozzle section (262) and the working channel (17) opens into the annular end side of the larger-diameter nozzle section (262) and that the smaller-diameter bore section (382) of the insertion bore (38) with a connecting piece (34) and connection bore (35) of the compressed air network connection (11) interconnecting connecting channel (36) in connection.

3. Valve according to claim 2, characterized in that the larger-diameter bore section (381) of the insertion bore (38) with the working connection (13) is connected.

4. Valve according to claim 2, characterized in that in the connecting channel (36) between the connecting piece (34) and connection bore (35) of the compressed air network connection (11) one of a valve plate (61) one

Seat valve (57) sealed valve opening (58) is provided, which is connected to the working connection (13) in that the valve plate (61) is fastened via a valve tappet (60) which is connected to a displacement piston (62) delimiting a working chamber (56) ) is fixed and that the larger-diameter bore section (381) of the insertion bore (38) communicates with the working chamber (56).

5. Valve according to claim 4, characterized in that the seat valve (57) in a with the connecting plate (25 ') connected valve body (80) is integrated, in which a vent (65) and a vent (65) with the working connection (13) connected ventilation channel (64) is formed, which opens freely at a distance from the valve opening (58), and that at the A valve seat (66) is formed on the mouth of the channel, on which the valve plate (61) sits with the valve opening (58) open.

6. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection bore (35) of the compressed air network connection (11) in the connection plate (25; 25 ') can be closed by means of a closure element (53) which carries connecting means on an element side (531) with those on the connection bore (35)

The plate side (252) of the connecting plate (25; 25 ') arranged connecting means for making a connection correspond, and that the closure element (53) carries a pin (54) which is attached to the connecting plate (24)

Closure element (53) protrudes into the connection bore (35) and seals it airtight by means of a sealing ring (37).

7. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing (24) and the connecting plate (25; 25 ') can be locked together and for this purpose locking holes (44) and clip-in lugs (43) are provided, preferably the locking lugs (43 ) on the circumference of the valve housing (24) and the locking holes (44) on the

Connection plate (25; 25 ') are arranged.

8. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that on a between the two connecting piece (34) or connection bore (35) bearing plate sides (251,252) extending at right angles to the plate side of the connection plate (25; 25 ') fastening means for the spatial determination of the Connection plate (25; 25 ') are provided. 9. Valve according to claim 8, characterized in that the fastening means comprise a fastening plate (45), preferably integrally formed on the connection plate (25; 25 '), with two fastening eyes (46) preferably arranged diagonally thereon.

10. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the connection means provided on mutually facing plate sides (251, 252) of the connecting plate (25; 25 ') comprise two projecting claws (47, 48) and two integrated pockets (49, 50), the Pockets (49.50) for receiving the claws (47.48) are designed so that with both claws (47.48) and the two pockets (49.50) on each side of the plate (251.252) each diagonally and on both

Plate sides (251, 252) are arranged in such a way that after inserting the connecting piece (34) of one directional valve (10) into the connection bore (35) of another directional valve (10 ') the claws (47, 48) of one connection plate (25 or 25 ') each

Reach behind pockets (49, 50) of the other connection plate (25 'or 25).

11. Valve according to claim 10, characterized in that the claws (47,48) and pockets (49,50) are designed so that after turning back two by an angle of rotation (α) about the longitudinal axes of the connecting piece (34) and connection bore (35) against each other, connection plates (25, 25 ') placed against one another are interlocking in the axial direction.

12. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting means on one plate side (252) formed locking lugs (51) and on the other plate side (251) formed locking window (52) and that the locking window (52) and locking lugs (51) are assigned to each other in such a way that after the connection piece (34) and the connection bore (35) of the connection plates (25, 25 ') have been inserted into one another, two directional valves (10, 10') and after the connection plates (25, 25 ') have been turned for manufacture of

Form-fit between claws (47, 48) and pockets (49, 50), snap the catches (51) into the associated catch windows (52) and the two connection plates (25; 25 ') against rotation about the longitudinal axes of the connection piece (34) and

Define the connection hole (35).

13. Valve according to claim 1, characterized in that the winding ends of the solenoid (22) of the electromagnet (21) on a valve housing (24) from the outside accessible two-pin connector (30) are guided, which has two connector pins (28,29) .

14. Valve according to claim 13, characterized in that the plug (30) is overlapped by a plug cover (76) which has two plug sleeves (77, 78) which can be plugged onto the plug pins (28, 29), that a plurality of plug covers (76) are connected to an electrical busbar (69) which has a number of conductor tracks (71-74), preferably realized by means of a stamped grid (75), one plug sleeve (77) in each case from a plug hood (76) with one common to all plug hoods (76) Conductor track (71) and a receptacle (78) are each connected to a further conductor track (72-74), and that all

Conductor tracks (71-74) are connected at the other end to electrical contacts of an electrical connector (70).